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  2. Password strength - Wikipedia

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    Systems that use passwords for authentication must have some way to check any password entered to gain access. If the valid passwords are simply stored in a system file or database, an attacker who gains sufficient access to the system will obtain all user passwords, giving the attacker access to all accounts on the attacked system and possibly other systems where users employ the same or ...

  3. List of the most common passwords - Wikipedia

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    The Worst Passwords List is an annual list of the 25 most common passwords from each year as produced by internet security firm SplashData. [4] Since 2011, the firm has published the list based on data examined from millions of passwords leaked in data breaches, mostly in North America and Western Europe, over each year.

  4. Password cracking - Wikipedia

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    In cryptanalysis and computer security, password cracking is the process of guessing passwords [1] protecting a computer system. A common approach (brute-force attack) is to repeatedly try guesses for the password and to check them against an available cryptographic hash of the password. [2] Another type of approach is password spraying, which ...

  5. Reset or change your password - AOL Help

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    From most AOL mobile apps: Tap the Menu icon. Tap Manage Accounts. Tap Account info. Tap Security settings. Enter your security code. Tap Change password. Enter a new password. If these steps don't work in your app, change your password using your mobile browser.

  6. Wikipedia:10,000 most common passwords - Wikipedia

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    About. If your password is on this list of the 10,000 most common passwords, you need a new password. A hacker can use or generate files like this, which may be readily compiled from breaches of sites such as Ashley Madison. Usually, passwords are not tried one-by-one against a system's secure server online; instead, a hacker might manage to ...

  7. Password fatigue - Wikipedia

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    Third-party (add-on) password management software such as KeePass and Password Safe can help mitigate the problem of password fatigue by storing passwords in a database encrypted with a single password. However, this presents problems similar to that of single sign-on in that losing the single password prevents access to all the other passwords ...

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